BRUSSELS PLOTS ORPHAN DRUGS INFORMATION EXCHANGE NETWORK
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is investigating how to create an information exchange system on orphan medicines involving European Union (EU) institutions and EU member states. Brussels wants this network established next year and would charge it with spreading knowledge on the scientific assessments of orphan drugs. This would enable the drafting of common reports on the medicines' relative effectiveness: "a well-informed opinion on the place of the product with the authorised therapeutic indication in the therapeutic strategy of the rare ...
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